My Jack Nicklaus experience
Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
Categories: Champions Tour • Miscellaneous • PGA Tour
Categories: Champions Tour • Miscellaneous • PGA Tour
(This post is one of an ongoing series about my experience at The Champion’s Challenge)
OK, I’ve had a day to recover from having one of my life long dreams realized: Meeting Jack.
Here’s the story…
This event was a pretty casual one, hosted by Johnny Miller at Thanksgiving Point. It marked the 2nd time I’ve watched Jack play. The first was a Senior Tour event where he was paired up with Arnold Palmer & Lee Trevino. Anyway, this event was a pro-am (what I call “hit and giggle”) and the play was terribly slow. So there was a ton of waiting on the tee shots and waiting on the 2nd shots on par 5’s and 4’s.
We got there early to see some of the pros on the range and putting green. We found all the pro’s carts (yes, they were riding) and bags. All the carts had bags on them but Jack’s. I stood right by Jack’s cart hoping to get an autograph before he teed off. But right before the shotgun time, someone drove his cart away. He was hiding somewhere else…
The tourney started and we found out that Jack started on the 11th hole. So my 3 kids and I headed toward the 11th. We caught Jack teeing off on the 12th hole of this unbelievably long course (over 7700 yards). The shot you see here of his finish is his approach on that par 4. Naturally his shot ended up about 12 feet over the flag where he made the birdie putt.
John Daly sues newspaper/web site
Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005
Categories: Golf Media • Miscellaneous • PGA Tour
Categories: Golf Media • Miscellaneous • PGA Tour
My buddy John Daly sued The Florida Times-Union and its Web site. He’s saying he was defamed by a columnist who called him a thug and a wife beater.
Helping Billy Casper find his way
(This post is one of an ongoing series about my experience at The Champion’s Challenge)
After checking out all the golf carts and their players’ bags I went back up by the clubhouse. I was hanging out by Jack’s cart hoping to get an autograph when Billy Casper walked by. I stopped him and asked him for an autograph on my Masters Flag. He said he was trying to find his cart.
He was a funny, salty old chap and I made a proposition. I knew where his cart was, and he might be walking around for a while before he found it. So I told him I’d show him to his cart IF he signed my Masters flag… “Son, you have a deal.”
While guiding Billy to his cart many fans and other golfers kept stopping him to chat. When he’d finish his chat he’d ask where his guide was. I’d catch his attention and wave him in the right direction.
Finally I got Billy to his cart and he was thankful. He then autographed my Masters flag and a Masters ball.
Thanks Billy, glad to be of service!
29
Played my 9 hole Tuesday league tonight. What a group I was in today.
Player 1 had no pars and 5 birdies in 9 holes, but shot even par.
Player 2 was in the freaking zone. This guy shot a 29 with two birdie putts missed short and two birdie lip-outs. He was inches away from a 25, inches. His tee shot on the par 4 5th hole hit the freaking flagstick!
My round?… I’d rather not talk about it.
Great minds think alike
My pal the Golf Grouch has a nice piece called The Boredom of the Bridges. It seems he too found what I called The Battle of the Boredom made for TV golf event not ready for prime time.
It seems great minds think alike. 
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